.1. W. YOCUM, Editor. VOLUME XLI, NUMBER 50.1 THE COLUMBIASPY, 2ERZTS OF SUBSCRIPTION IvEr.KLy, rer year, if paid in advance; six months, $I If not paid until the expiration of the year, $2.50 will he charged. _ _ I= No paper will be discontinued until all arrear ages are paid, unless at the option of the editor. Advertisements not under cobtraet, must be narked the length of time desired, or they will be continued and charged for until ordered out. Special Notices '2.5 per cent. more. All Notices or Advertisments in reading mat te r, under ten tines, $1.00; over ten lines, 10 ets. per line, minion type. y..,trly Advertisers discontinuing their adver tisemems before the expiration of the year, will be charged at toll rate:, as above, or according to contract. Transient rates will be charged for all matters at rrtnting strirlN to their Innne,s, .1.11 advertising will be considered CASH, after nsertion. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. J. STEL.s:3IErz GAST LC STEINMETZ, No. 1.1 NORTH DUKE ST., LANCASTER, PA. C. C. G tsr MEE F. ES II LEm WilL lion. 1. yo YOUTH MiIZ.P. ST., LANCASTEIt, leh'2l3 '69tf puma , u. BAKEE, No. 11 N . C./P:1'11 1)1T1(1i; ST., 1,, \ Ne.)..STEII, PA fel)2G-tr A. J. irAuFF:\r AN, Collections hvele in Lancaster and adjoining Con Mick.. Pen,long, Bounty, Flack Pay, :Lod all claims tganist thy• government promptly pro , eent ed. I Locust ** mt. T YOCUM, Attorney-at-Law & Notary Public, COLUMBIA, PA Ol`PICE.—St•l' Building, Bank Street, near 'men:4l - made in Lancaster and adjoining COLUILIes. TrENBAT C. C. IiEBER. 1 No 52S Washington street, near F•4l - xth, Reading,la. Collections inaile in Berta and :t Joining counties. nov27-t1 TT M. NORTH, i L Columbia, Pa. Collections promptly made in Lancaster and York Counties. THOMAS .J. DAVIS, No. 11 North Duke Street, Lancaster. Pa. Professional Business carefully and prompt ly attended to. Coct3o'69-ti T\ P. 1 OSENALILLE.II, Jn., ATTORNEY-AT-LAW OFvreu.—No. 5 Court Avenue, Lancaster, Pa MIMIMI JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, slauvr,:s.:Eit. cc. INCountville, Lancaster County, Pa. tot_ Ottleo Hours from 6 to S o'clock, A. M., aanl 7 tot) o'clock, P. M. • ir 111. CLARK, JUSTICE-OP THE PEACE OFFICE-140. 12 N. Third street. Office om 6to7A. M. i to .1 P. 2.1., and from 6 to U P. M. [sepi-69-tfw . SAMUL. I- "L'EAT.kNS. - '•••• •• •- -- JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. ()Mee, on Second St., adjoining Odd Fellows Odumbla, Pa. MMIMIN 3. S. SMITH, DEN-nsT, Giraduate of Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery. °Mee No. 210 Locust Street 2nd door above Odd Fellows' Hall, Columbia, Pen tita. Dr. S Smith thanks his friends and the pub lic in general for their liberal patronage in the lima, and assuring them that they can rely upon having every attention given to t hem in the future. In every branch of his profession ho has al V. ays given entire satistaction. De calls attention to the unsurpasssed style and finish ot art JI icial teeth 111,elled by It lie trent, disea,es common 'CO tile 111011111 and teeth 01 children and adults. Teeth filled with the great est cal e and in the most approved maul her. .1.C:11.11!2: teeth llealeallild filled to lint lOryeal, the hint. of derll.rilieCh and tnotnit WJIAles COll - till it tttd. N. li.—All work. warranted. sept-fridYw .J. S. SMITII, D. D. S. J. GULICK. In! 11.(.3 EO N DENTIST, Extract, without Lt.tn. :s.Zit.rous 0:i ide I.:du:411(11g 4_lZ. FI 1:71 , , 21z, LOCUST STREET. ..t.pf t .11.111: p C. rNsELD, TEACIIER OF MUSIC PIANO, 011 C. MELODEON. CLUATiv.vrIoN of tiro VOIeD :old SINGING. Sinxial at lt•uu given Ueginners and young pupa. CID LOCUST STILEEI =MIMI I Z. HOFF ER J. i trout, Oxide, GaL4 idiainistered in the extrac- Lion of Teeth. ()dice— Front Street, next door to R. Williams' lruL.; Store, between Locust and WaLnut Streets, Columbia t'a. pi,„:„LciAN,., SURGEON; carers his professional services to the citizens of Columbia and vicinity. He may be found at the office connected with his residence, on Second st:.cet, between Cherry and Union, every day, front 7t09 A, M., and trout ti to BP. M. Persons Wi,ning his services in special cases, between these hours, will lea - , e word by note at his office, or throut•.h the post ounce. sept-70 REAL ESTATE AGENCY - - The undersigned have opened an °Mee for the purchase and side of real esutte, collection of rents, and the renting of property. Business entrusted to their dire will meet with prompt and caret ul attention. F. X. %AEG LE It„ 0et.30-'69-tfl -1.. J. ICALTI,FAI r BUILDERS AND OTHERS. - I:funding, paving and other brick always on hand. They are hand made and superior to any brick in Lids part. of the country. They are td leredat the very lowest price. sea .1-60-ftw] MICHAEL L ADIES: LADIES! READ! RE .11.) ! Tile undersigned ltavtog, bought the ettttre Mock: of LADIES' BOOTS ,tz: SHOES, In the Store Room formerly carried on by JAMES SLIROEDE,t, No. 148 LOCUST STREET, COLUMBIA, PA., Is now ready to sell all In ails s 1 LADIES' BOOTS .L• GAITERS, :MISSES' BOOTS Sz GAITDRS, CHILDREN'S BOOTS &, GAITERS, As cheap as any other stand In Columbia. La dles' Boots and Clatters made to order. tt.V....Repairlng of all kinds neatly done. Don't forget. the place. Give is a call June Iti-1.670-ttA A. G. GUILES. ILO TELS CONTINENTAL.'• IS HOTEL. IS PLEASANTLY LOCATED, Let own the Station, of the Reading:wit Cotutu anti Pennsylvania Railroads, FRONT STREET, COLUMBIA, PA. A in pie iieeut nitwit:atolls for Strangers and Tray. eters. The Bar is stocked with CHOICE LIQUORS, a lid the Tables furnished with the best fare. U1t.1.111 FINI)LEY, Froprieter. I=llBMl • LIitANKLIN OUSE:, 12, LOCUST ST., COLUMBIA; PA This is a first-class hotel, and Is In every respect adapted to meet the wishes and desires of the traveling public. ASA. UTIN ERWII , 7, sepl-70 Proprietor, FRENCH'S HOTEL,' On the European Plan, opposite Cl ty 'Hall Park New York. It. FRENCH, Sept. lit, Proprietor. f2 . ET YOUR PRINTING DONE AT the "SPY" Office. _ • ..„ • • . 4 4 - f•• • 4 • . ; : •1 ;- . ; 1 ; 1 : • , ". 2 , 4 .4 f : ;f I -1 Jer ?'"YA , 7 • } , r I BUCHER'S COLUMN. T 0. BUCIIER, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in .FIVE CENTS FOREIGN AN]) DOMESTIC Wines and Liquors ! Flits removed Ills Store to his Building, adjoining Haltlernau's Store, Locust St. , Columbia, Pa., where he has fitted up rooms and greatly increased his facilities for doing a mere extensive business MISEILEWS CELEBRATED IiER,B BITTERS ! PLTRE AND UNADULTERATED, These Bitters are celebrated for the great cures they have performed in every ease, when tried Dr. INflsliter of tire frunpid dollar, to the pro pt of any Medicine that ean show a greater number of genuine certificates of cures effected by it, near the place where it is made, than MIS LT LER'S 11 ERB BITTERS MISHLER'S HERB BITTERS = J. C. BUCIIER, At his Store, Locust Street, Columbia WINES AND LIQUORS! Embracing the following; Catawba, Port, Lisbon, Cherry-, Currant and Muscat \VISES COGNAC, OF DIF4.?ERENT BRANDS Also, OLD RYE WHISKEY and BRA'NIIIES of all kinds: Blackberry ChtriN ba, Cherry, ESE XX Old Rye X Old nye, Pure Old Rye, :%I,.nongaliela, Reel Hied [sky, London Brown Stout Scotch Ale, &c., &c., ac. mAra AND CIDER. VINEGAR Ile is also Agent for the Celebrated HERB BITTERS POCKET FLASKS, DEMI.) 01INS, TOBACCO BOXES, and FANCY ARTICLES., in great variety, MISHLER'S BITTERS! PURE 0..; UNADULTERATED BEST STOUT PORTER ! From E. tt, G. HIBBERT, LONDON PURE MALT VINEGAR Cannot be purenu.sed at any other establish- ment in town, and is warranted to keep fruits and vegetables perfect The 13eNt Brands or Imported SCOTCH - AND LONDON ALE TO SMOKERS AND CHEWERS MeHER will still keep on hand the SMOKING AND CHEWING TOBACCO, SNUFF, HAVANA, YARA, and • COMMON SEGARS. Also, SNUFF TOBACCO BOXES, PIPES—a thousand and one varieties. Call nt Locust Street, adjoining Haldeman's Store. It is the greatest establishment of the kind this side of Philadelphia. M A I:o—Onlyßi gency tters. for Lee's London Porter, and iLtler's Maderia, Malaga, Champagne, Claret, Rhine, Blackberry, Eldei berry, Jamaica Spirits, I,..tuninel, Ginger, superlor Olu Rye, Pure Old Rye, XXX Oki Rye, AGENCY FOR FOR SALE AL J. C. BUCHER'S For Sale by J. C. BUCHER MERE! J. C. BUC7ITER, Locust Street, above Front Agent for the For Sale at J. C. fIUCHER 8 EISEEIMEI J. C. BISCIIEWS, C 01_,TTMERIA, PA., SArTITRID_A_TY 341 0 RININ - G-, ATI G-T_T Sri' 6. 1870. MISCELLANEOUS. NO. 13 SHREINER'S IS TILE PLACE Where you can buy a firat rate AMERICAN, ENGLISH OR SWISS WATCH, BEAUTIFUL SETS OF JEWELRY, HAND SOME BREAST PINS, EAR RINGS, SLEEVE BUTTONS, and almost everything In the jewelry line AT THE LOWEST PRICE Or you can purchase FINE SILVER AND SILVER PLATED SPOONS, FORKS, KNIVES CASTORS, GOBLETS, ICE prrenEnti. BUTTER DISIIES Then II you are In WANT OF TIME you can buy any kind (31 AMERICAN CLOCK, warranted of the best quality, at agow fltture CA LI, AND SEE: FOR YOUR:".E.LF CHAS. P. SHILEINErt'S Septlw LI I No. 1J Front, St , Columbia, Pa CM B. KEVINSKT, tP • PIANOS, ORGANS, MELODEONS, •IND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS GENERALLY A large assortment of Violins, Flutes, (lull:us, Banjo-, Tamborliws, Aceordeons, Ft len, Har monicas, and nue.ical murchand is.: always on I and. SEIRET A large stock on hand, and constantly receiving all the latest public Anna:, :Is soon 118 Alttsic awl Musical Broil:, will be .ent by mail free of post noe s When the marktl, ].rice is reunl ted. C ALCO3I A NIA, Or the Art of trim...furring Pictures. Can be tram.ferred on :my object. I would call special attention of the Coach matters to my stock 4)1 Dactlieo MEM=I STEINWAY & SON'S PIANOS, rmscE & CO's., & NEEDHAM & SON'S cELEBEATI. 0 ORGANS AND MELODEONS. Sole Agent for Sto Unrivaled PIA:NO FORTE AND FURNITURE POLLSII. Call and exmaine my stock at NO. 3 NORTH PIIINCE STREEI LAY:C. 'l_ STE It, JASPER GREEN, Designer it Engraver on Wood. COLUMBIA., PA. Is prepared to execute Views of Building., Ma chinery, Bill Reads, Posters, Labels, .be., iu the neatest and most, expeditions manner, :it rea sonable rates. BOOK AND NEWSPAPER sm.usTRATIONS Executed in the Highest Style of Art. may:2'4,7o4Y G ARDEN", FLOWER AND GRASS SEED S —AT - J. A. MEYERS', FAMILY MEDICINE STORE, ODD FELL HALL, Our Stock is composed ENTIRELY of Seeds front the celebrated Philadelphia Seeds in en, D. LANDRETII ik SON. We have NONE other on hand, and hav ing closed out eve, y package of last season's stock, we guarantee all to be FRESH AND GENUINE, And will sell them at Landreth's prit , es. • N. B.—Having removed my residence to house No. 2.1 Non•rn SECOND Sr., formerly occupied by Mr. Jacob Hess, any of my friends requiring Medicine during the night, will please call there. J. A. MEYERS, sept.l'69-tfwj 00,1 Fellows' Hall. STEAM COACH WORKS . . „. C _MYERS, COLI7II3IA. S'fF.ol COACH WORKS! REMOVED TO N 0.,!), 11 .VIND J NORTH sth CEBEED The Carriages, Buggies, Ce., made at these Works, are equal In beanly and durability to any other inake In diet:unary. COACH SMITH TNG, REPAIRIN(:, Lte Thl, branch of the busine , ,s will be attended to with pullet malty and despatch. cHILDREN•s CARRIAGES, Wag° Sc., for sale or made to order Y.TA. Call at Ow Worhs No. II Lk: 13 North Fifth street and examine the stock and prices. sep.3-69-tf OPEN ! OPENING ! OPENED! THIS DAY, 'l'll IS WEEK AND UNTIL FURTHER ORDERS, B R, EINEM A N'S 12$ Locust Street a=B ITA. TS A NI) CA PS, For Men, Youth and Children, ever before. ()tier ed to the people of COIUMbia, roinprl.irla as it does, STYLE and QUALITY In sott and still brim, such as the Warwick, Ida Lewis, Stub:l, Prince Arthur, American Gill, K ute, Peerless, Lady Thlrn, Rowing, Star, Cu De 11, Wave' ly, Gilmore, Rob Roy. and the Fall style of Sill: Ifals, Just, out, together with a lull stoek of GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS, Cons!sting of White and Colored Shuts, Flannel Shirts and Drswers, English, Cierman and Do inestic Hosiery, Gloves, Handlrerehims, Sus penders, Ties, Linen and Paper Culls and Col lars, 3r.. Also. UMBRELLAS AND CANES Parties who favor us with their patronage are assured that it will be our constant ahn to merit their confidence and support. Call and examine our well selected stork at at low prices. BRENEMAN'S No, 128 Locust Street, Columbia, Pa FINE FAIJTLY Cat° CERT ES, AT HARDMAN'S Just received, at the fine Grocery Eistahlish- Mend, corner and and Cherry streets, the lollow lug new Goods: SUGAR CURED HAMS AND DRIED BEEF, JELLIES, PRESERVES. HONEY. PEACHES, TOMATOES, ENGl.lsli PICKLES, N SLOW'S GSEE GREEN PEAS Ac., AC. Together with a very fine assortment of Family Groceries, of all IciuM, A LAital.: LOT or :NEW YORK CANDLKS, FOR'INUN FRUITS, Oranges, Lemons, Figs, Raisins, Cocoanuts, and White Wine Vinegar. Extra Family Flour, Merest' l'otatm%, Itlo and Jaya Cotlue fresh roasted, Lovering's Syrup, Se. AQ-New Goods received almost daily. WM. lIARD.MAN, 3rd and Cherry sts., sepl-69-tful Columbia, Pa. "NO ENTERTAINMENT SO CHEAP AS READING, NOR ANY PLEASIME SO LASTING." NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. 1-4 11" All 1) .J. ZA II 31, _ _ _ NO. 13 JEWELLER ! (Late H. L. E. s. Zalini,) (,'or. 'N. Queen St., et Centre Square Denier in Watches, Clocks, Jewelry s I LVER NVKILE, ;:to Speetnel(N, hest clunlity tz.,'", Plated Ware, Thermometers. • erv._ Personal and prompt attvntlPn gi von to Viatelt wort; and Repairing. Remember the OLD STAND, ZA H. m's CO Ist" E . , North Queen Street and Centre Square, LANCASTER, PA. may 7 1 Sr COAL! COAL!! COAL !! ! The undersigned is now prepared to sell Coal of all sizes: received front the hest 'nines in the State, and guaranteed to he 01 , urierinr quality. It Is from the \reins of the Celebrated BALTIMORE CO. R LEE Al INES at Wilke.- barre ; well prepared. and fi,e of slate 111111 dirt. The price net ton of 1000 lbs., on Wharf at Basin: For No. 1 or Grate. 45.00. •• " 2or Egg.. 3.25. • " 3or Stove. 5.25. • 4or Small Stove. 5.23. • 5 or Chestant. 1.75. TM...lbw:o prices are for the Month of May. Terms C.Ash bell delivery. The reputation of the above named Coals is a sufficient glia , :tiliee of their quality ; and es deal in no other, the piddle c.in le , t assnri they are as represented. AMOS S. OFIEEN. Ant., 01, trA,o J. 7 I= B. FRANK SAYLOR HOTOGRAPHERS, No. 26 irest King Strerl.• LANCASTER, PEN N'A aim to ,a1u..1" all our putt nn., uS u• 4•11 give thew WOE I:, %duel' tavornlll, - (.8 MI ELI el Slit II that done In the bt•et COPYING ricTI;REs Into any ,ize, of ‘1,0,:t.t.,1 or ab.ant 1,, i. made a spevialty with ALLIUMS, athl all things in our hue always on hand. Remember the Pliotogro No. •:.,; Ktm. , , St., Lamas:, B. Fmk:: IC SA 1 - 1,01:. Pt,-rrs. FINA2iCIAL. TNTEBESTS pEposiTs. 1 The Col.LtMlllA NATiOSAL \ yin pay inter,,t nn Depo,its ndlow.: For I tt.: Months, 2. per cont. " (I, 7,8, 9 10 " " " 11 At 12 " marl:T7o-ly SAM I'EI. Pt 10C11, Cashier. oct .10:69-12, -I NATIONAL BANK OF CO r,t Mteia, Interes.t. l'aid on STeeial follows S per (Cu.t roc 30 or 00 days. 4 1-2 per cent. for 90 days and Under (; 111011 i li:=3. 5 per cent. 6):: 6 snocill: anti tindea 11 inotstits. Baer cent fare : A: "3 anno::ths. S. s. DETwEI cahhio A T T ENTIONI Parties, Tnn ColuMbia Comet Band having lett , cd `t Big Isla ml ,just above the ItritTge, c,peet nrl lv inform the ClirtzESs al CoLumnia and the pub- Ile generally that they will rent It re Pat tn.:, Exeursituusts, either Clay or I vent n:. . The strictest order mast be that Mal :tthl the Band is deform:neat," inal:At It :t PLEASANT PLACE at 11.ESORT, • ... - The Band ahu gives notice that SWIMMING and BATHING near the Island Ia strictly pro hibited,under penally 01 ti, law, and that tins rcanlat 101 l \VIII be in hayed in every 111,4allec. n--Appii,atioo 1.010, 0,, 01 the Island tiltz,l 1), tua Ie 10 Wu 11111111 . SigIll.d. By Order u 1 HIC Band. (211 A S. Ill.:PIING. NM= TO THE PUBLIC The undersigned I iavonz. purehm-ed the Jewelry St Ire, formerly I /CellPled by Is. Sperintt, announce to the mthhe a Coluinina and vicini ty, that they have note cllten at No. 39 FRONT STREET. A lanto and full stock of ocks Watches eV: Jewel Pg.. Which they will sell at low-et pt iee V 0 It cA,u. ;,,i; y I'll to ex.:mune tair stock a. t cost you tamer it a spec•inlty to 1m vt• coromlow, on - Imll4l atilovlz. of 1.1 :Intl rc!LES. p. r fectly regulatea autl 10.111 y 101 . 1111111V41111ti• :11..‘` , :•+EY :1111:10 '70411 N 0.71 Front :- 4 t Col tool.on. pA.cuqc c;LT,Nro co. $i.0(11119.00.1). JOHN S. .REESE & CO., i;ENF.:R.kL .1.(; ENTS 122 South ;Delaware Ave.. 1() South Street. Ittnitimort SOLUBLE PACIFC G - TT A:i'Sr 0 . No Fertiii7Cl' 111114 , th1e0411 ,, lii F.llllll Ilit• Mladie Buhl het II Sl”ti, Ita, gl,ll 111.111. genorat awl unl.t,ll nt satiNia:ll4 , ll thin 1111. UUANO. 'i'hc•t railt• ill it has steadily ineren , ed until the consumption IloW thrtoligh , ali the crane country tar execcdt, that of :my iither hen ttlizei. '['lie large capital in valved in its prednetion Ittrord:. the stir, of eN eell,nee. The eolilpally ho, a 11l ,tenter ll tel'est the prenuun u u•e id it, trade limit any 11111111>pr of eoll,llsiers eatl iinVe; hen'•,' It 1 , the higilect ittlelt , t 01 tile I . 4llllpaily to put tile Lest Fertilizer Inn , mark •t, that their untisia Lteil [tles, the 1,, , t selelitllle ahllity ('alt produce. This Guano i. solil at Leval A4euts iit the Company linointhent N ,tenet' , - ware, l'eti lv:t• lin and the Southern Shale• and at who'. ...ale by .1011 N S. ItEESE...., General 1,)1 . the Cowpony. Jn7y't.;ui PO ItTAN T TO 1N V ENT() 1: S AND PATENTEES. INVENTORY :►\O PATENTEE Bazaar and Sales Rooms 529 Chc. , tn et t l'lt;itirlt Iph;er trA__ No F,:11`; IS -k I/VA NCI. The uniler,lgned would re.peetlally public that they 11:1%•e opened :in under the alywe title. where In% entor,, Paten tee, ,:inti owners of Patent., nie tree to resort for the necotiation or the'-tile, of their I n Veit tlon and Patent.. The feature of this IbtAnar consists in this, that Inventors, Patentees 11114 lilVlll . l' , .11 I 'll,- ents and Inventions may transact their busi ness and effeet sales 1111,11115e1V, , , Wlllllllll 11111 1111eTIOTC•11( . 0 on the part of the Proprat; or, 1/11 suet; sales they charge no commis...ton what; Vt.!' nor do they :Nit registration or like lees, nor tiny eommisstons in advance, believing It to he unfair to ask pay for services not ye( 1,11 , 11'1 ,1 1. hut if any tit their Patrons desire to employ, I hem as their personal agents, fur liii NO , (.f . their interests, the Proprietors will 11,0 eharze such commissions as many he mutually agr, ed upon. The only charge made by this I:sultan-le men? Is for the litorage of Models and :Machin ery ofallslze, on exhibitions I herein,;. mitoses: I:nom TWI:NTY-rIVE tsil (11:ST, To n.K MMINE=EiEn= For this very small compensation the Ni ''. l,l '• and Machines are kept in good order nail their Working, completely explained to the 111 visities, of the Bazaar and hl ouzht hit ‘ , ..r. 1 to the be,t advantage. With IL \ ii•W /0 - In 4 the way to eventual les. An experieneed _PATENT I/ANNYEN and an able coNsuurt YG ENGISEEFt.iire attached to this establishment, thus enabling the under signed to procure, at all !lilies, the best local and practical ad vier to their Patrons. The I'attonage of all is respectfully solicited. Its Itlsl•:1t .0 CO.. .529 Chestnut St., Pill lacielphlei. I'. 0. Bus: la.:. LANCASTER, l'A X OTH IN 414 OFF] C I GEO. LOC ;I,E, g4.z2 I. I ' , flu znlna. I'a BAKISEIZ ,tc. Tortill A TINITSAND YEARS AGO. Till' SIM went down in red and glad watched II front the hill; 'ith purple cloud, like banner. rot aid, Whose tips are ra.y , 4111. Where are the eyes that oft of old Have watched in weal or woe, WI the , aln :-et in rid and gold, A thou.ana yoars ago': hnn't perehel upon the bush, And sang with thrilling , train, I,luetting with his neighbor thrush Ttll I ho air thrilled again ; And all the wood With tinkle rang, Their voice, eCiMe.l - Who Ilstened while' the hnnet sane thretsaral yoars a:v.? Where at. they—all tito,e beating hearts That lived and 1..d00l died like ours, :Who acted out their Keparate parts, A nil t:ce•l their varied pen - er,? The heart that imze•t cnd thrilled and burued, And wreathed in tre.,ton's glen-, "Or c. - Ith the tenderest pity ycarned A thousand ....ears:v.:o? Where :Ire over s 'l'h, du,t to du,t said. Who sluntherra eseh In hollow loml, walze Hll'llo3'l. :40:11e lir'vrCli in thr dreamle-. sleep In oevan's ror.l, e Ives ; Ai-11114;1Sr ft wzrant fm t c.t. weel•- 110'i 071 nit all 1:1, , i' n:l , , e Intl-41,1 , •111 The gr:tvi-•••••11; nt•ver hold— Th• inun ,- •rt•11 c,.enrr wlll endure W;;••11 lioart••; on4l - 1:111(1‘;;;;••)w • I .1,1 y may 1,•• 11,o,.ting round US .',l;nve• us and 11••11enth; The \mi.:: :,1.0070 0111 . ill OW IC. btcatit. hill they non Willi %OM t lip! in think 'Pi] GrOW dirffiller lchell We L 3 k:•tl , the. rnil of arty tiwy tta;l Ph it 111.1:11(1 ,- .111 to k!IOW, What. - Ver N 7. 1 ,4 their earthly 'tact thon , aud y k llrS ago. 111i5eillanots,' ' e ca clinq DJ ;L ID. CIEZ E=il The city Vicksburg, Mississippi. has always been rem:trhable, even before the recent war gave lee a profound national interest. Many years ago she supplied tile class of writers who furnish the sub stratum for most of the circulating, libra ries with plots dark and dreadful enough to satisfy even the present craving for sensation. The place had been noted since its earliest settlements. for the bel ligerent character of its inhabitants and the number gmd atrocity of the violent deeds NViliell stained its streets with the blend of human hearts. It is not mu• present purpose. however, to sketch any or these more celehrated brute-battles, but merely to select, for the sake of its mom laid moral alone, a soli tary tragedy. which was briefly chronicled Ly the press of the day, and which then tided I'mom the 1 LLemory until writ ev receiv ed the story from the wife of the victim in all its particularity. She of course could never forget. To the latest hour of lier existence, the wife of the murdered hero wept at the reminiscence. In the year 5f.7., a youn4 lawyer, John Thomas, emigrated from Worcester, - Massachusetts, to the state of Mississippi. lie WaS poor, lind recently married a beau tiful. accomplished woman, who had re nounced WOOlthy parents for his sake. and hence was anxious to better his fortune in as little time as possible. This Con sideration determined the legal :zdventurer to locate ;It Vicksburg. then considered through the West as I leo paradise of the b,n•. In a very short rune the new lawyer had ample reasons to congratulate him self on the choice of his position. ilis bland demeanor. studious habits, and more than all his eloquence in debate. won him patronage: and he rose almost at ;t singlc! bouinl. to the first place in his pro fession. lie was c•nmployed in all the land suits. and in most of the still more unuerous 1(11(1 equally lucrative cases of homicide. so that in the period of two years after his advent he had cleared the round of thirty thousand dollars. Let no skeptical disciple of [oat Coke deem this statement incredib le. S. S. Prentiss re alized, cash in hand, forty thousand dol lars by his opening speech in - Niel sbnrg. During his career thus far young Thos. was remarkal de in one respect. lie never went armed, and although in the fierce and fiery altercations of the forum he nec essarily made some enemies, no attack had hitherto been ventured on his person. The athleticism of his noble I'm•m. and the look of invincible determination in his keen blue eyes, had doubtless warned the desperadoes that — the Yankee orator," as he was generally termed. could hit as Hard blows in the c•nurt yard as he did in the court itself. however this may be. two years elapsed. years 'LOU of eminent success, heron. the peaceable attorney was even insulted. Alasa this Tlaleyon period was doomed 10 :1 Change alike sud den 111111 terrible. There resided at that time in the• town a notorious duelist by the name of John son. whose matchless prowess inspired universal fear. Ile had slain half a dozen foes on the public• `• field of honour," and as many in private and irregular encount ers. All the• members of the •• bloody fancy eluh — spoli e of Mike Johnson's feats with rapturous enthusiasm. lint all good uten, 1111 lovers of peace. when "brave wretch — passed. turned pale and Were _ll the 'May term of the I)istriet ( 'ourt, 1s•2), the grand jury, mustering extraor diintry courage returned a true bill against Johnson for the murder of William Lee, an inoffensive youth .whom he had shot down in of drunken frolic. under circum stances of a peculiar aggravation. Thos. wits retained by a friend of the deceased to aid in the prosecution, and notwith standing the earnest advice of his well wishes to the contrary. appeared on the trial of the cause, one of the most excit ing ever argued at the bar of Vicksburg. On the last evening of the session, after adjournmelit. Thomas rushed into the presence of his wife, with looks of such evident agitation as to fill her soul with overpowering alarm. - -kfy It)ve, tell me, in the name of heaven, Ivhat has hapPened?" she cried. pale as a corpse. and :,baking like a leaf in the wind. Nothing," answered the husband, thinking to conceal the most fearful part of the intelligence. Nothing, only the murderer, Mike Johnson, after his ac quittal, grossly insulted me in the court yard, and I knocked him down." " And he challenged you to fight him with pistols!" almost shrieked the wife, anticipating the rest, with the quickness of woman's keen common sense. "It is even so," replied the lawyer. mournf ull3 - . "Oh! say that you will not meet him. Oh! swear that you will not turn duelist in this Sodom of the :South!" implored the wife, throwing her arms around his neck, and sobbing like a child on his bosom. "There. do not weep 110 W. I will not turn duelist, dear Emma. illthouzli much fear that the consequence will be ruin." " God will protect you from the hold, hot man.'' The next morning it was known in - Vicksburg that "the Yankee orator"' had been challenged and refused to light. Ac cordingly. he was generaly denounced as a coward—a word which. at that day, might be considered as expressing far deeper scorn than either robber or assassin. As lie passed through the streets lie was astonished to witness the coldness mani fested by his old acquaintances, and even professed friends. while the great mass of the people seemed to regard Mill with in effable contempt. `'Yankee white-liver,'' "boaster,'" - poltroon." were the sounds most freipientlyrung in Ids ear, especially when near the groceries. and there was one then on every terrace of the broken hills. The matter grew worse. Almut a Week aft erwards, :Johnson met his victim in the piddle square. presented a cocked pistol at his heart with one hand, and belabored him unmercifully with a cowhide which he grasped in the other. llesistanee at that moment was altogether out of the question. for the slightest motion would have been the signal of immediate death. lie thought of Emilia and her sweet babe, and bore the castigation in silence. After this. clients deserted his office. oacnioi refused to recognize him or re turn his salute in the thoroughfares of business. or during his morninp - strolls over the hills. hlad his touch been con tagion, or his breath pestilence, be could not have been more carefully shunned. Another week intssed and the degraded lawyer \Vas in a state of mind bordering on insanity: and yet all the while he con cealed the mental bn . ture from his affec tionate wife. One evening in a more than common bitter and gloomy mood, he was again accosted by Mike Johnson. with his cocked pistol in one hand was more aggra vating as the place was thronged with apectators. •• CoNV:Ird and villain!" exclaimed John son. did I not tell you that I would COW -nide you every week, until T whipped the courage of a man and a gentleman into your Yankee hide?'' •`I am not a coward." retorted Thomas in a hollow tone, so unearthly fierce and wild that it Caused every hearer to start. At the instant, his lips were livid and clenched between his teeth till the blood ran. Ills eyes were red as a mad dog's and the muscles of his face quivered; lint his holly and limbs seemed to have the rigidity of marble. •• Ile will light now, — rung in an eager whisper through the excited crowd, as they saw the terrible tokens of the fiend aroused—the fiend which lurks, at differ ent depths, in all human natures. •`lf yon are not a coward, why will you not tight?" asked the duelist somewhat stritek. in spite of his thorough despera tion hardened in the hot gore of a dozen murderers. •• I kill tight if you wish it," was the haul ringing answer. Then you accept my challenge?" " I do. Will any one present lie so good as to act my second? - 1111 pti red the lawyer addressing the spectators. For a minute or two no one spoke, so great the dread or the arch duelist, 'Alike .Tohnson. "Will no one in such a mass or generous men he my seemed''" repeated the lawyer. in a louder tone. ••1 will!"sahl a shrill trunipet-like voice, on the outskirts of the crowd, and a tall, commanding form, with bravery written on his brow, and the eagle's eye beneath it, made his way to the center of conten tion, and stood close fronting Johnson. with a smiling glance, before which the hitter, for an instant quailed. The question "Who is be? who is he?" circulated among the lookers on. But no one, could answer; no one had ever seen him before, and yet everybody would have sworn to his courage. so bold yet tranquil was his bearing. " Who are you?" inquired the duelist. recovering, his presence of mind. " A stranger from Texa , ;." "But who will vouch for your respecta bility." "I can give you voucher:, sufficient." replied the stranger. frowning till his limws looked frightful: and Own stoop ing forward he whisiwred something in Johnson's car. audible alone to lihn. — lain satisfied," said the duellist and trembling preeeptibly. " Colonel Morton. will \•(U serve as nn• friend?" The inaividual last adilresetl gave his tssent. "Now let us adjourn to Fmme private roe nu to arrange the preliminaries." remarked the stranger: and the principals and se conds left the crowd. then increa-Ang every minute. and excited nearly to nuul ness by the thick-crowding events of the Lour. The meeting took place the following night. in a dark room, with the door lock ed, and the two seconds on the outside. The principals were placed in opposite corners of the apartment. each was armed with a large bowie knife—no more. It was midnight without moon or stars Mack. pitchy clouds enveloped the sky, and slig,ht, sifting mist rendered the shad ows of the earth more intense. llenee the room where the duel was about to Le gin was wramwd in rayles. darkness. The combatants could not even see the blades of their own knives. At first they both stooped and stealthily untied and took off their shoes, so as to make the least possible anise iu walking over the floor. The hame thought had struck them at the :lame time—to In:mom vre for the vantage-ground. Thomas moved in a circle. softly as a cat, around the apartment. "till he got Nvithin a few feet of the corner where his enemy had first been placed, and then $2,00 Per Year, in Advance; $2.50 if not Paid in Advance. paused to listen. For four or five seconds Le could hear nothing in the grave-like si lence but the quick beats of his own busy heart. Presently, however, there crept into his car a scarcely audible sound, as of suppressed breathing, in the corner of the room which lie had previously left:— and then he knew that his foe was trying the same stratagem. The ruse was repeat ed thrice, with a like result. At length Thomas as concluded to stand perfectly still and await Johnson's approach, Mo tionless now himself, and 01l ear, soon he could distinguish a soft. rustling noise, like the drooping of flakes of wool, circling around the floor and gradually advancing toward him. At last when the sound appeared within about three feet of the lawyer's position, be suddenly made a bounding plunge with his knife, aimed in the dark air where he supposed the bosom of his foe to be. Ills blade struck against that of the other,and a few sparks of fire rolled at the fierce col lision and he fell expiring on the floor. And then, for an instant, the seconds without the door heard a sharp ringing of steel, a groan, a fall, and all again was si lent as the tomb! The duel at midnight had ended; but how? They were appalled at the horrible question. Waiting some minutes and hearing noth more Col. Morton and the stranger pre- Pared a light. unlocked the door and en tered. The spectacle was most affecting. There lay the bloody corpse of the duelist, .1 ohoson, mangled dreadfully, and above it stood the erect and imposing form of the lawyer, Thomas—unhurt, not a cut on his skin or a rent in Lis clothing. but weeping as if his heart was broken. lie startled back as the flashing light dazzled his eyes, and growing pale as the dead at his feet, exclaimed In accents of ho measu ruble Oh oil how shall I endure to meet my dear wife, with this murderous gore on my Lauds: Such stains would defile the very gates of hea ven. and blacken the door of hell itself! lie did.however, afterwards meet Emma and her babe; but we shall not attempt to paint tie scene. A week subsequently, lie was shot to pieces in his own office, while employed in writing after night. The as sassin was not known, but was supposed to be a younger brother of the duelist Johnson. The stranger who acted in the combat. was. as he said, front Texas, and then traveling through Mississippi. and was the bravest roan. perhaps. that ever drew the breath or life—James Bowie, who fell only with the fall of the Alamo, when his red knife was drunk with the blood of Mexicans. A CHAPTER ON COURTING. If young men only knew anything. they'd know when to go home, after they'd passed a delightful evening courting Sally Ann. But they don't. Let 100 tell you boys, there is such a thing as getting too much of a good arti clo. I don't deny that girls like to be courted, and you won't lind one in live hundred who is at all adverse to having a nice look ing beau; nor one in ten times live hun dred who don't like being courted better than anything else. But for all this, you needn't court them to death. Because you are as fond of hugging and kissing Sally as site is of being hugged and kissed, you ought not to be such a simpleton as to suppose that she likes to he hugged until daylight every time you come a courting. Then, you lose favor with-the girl's pa and ma if you keep their house open all night, or until midnight, even. People who have just passed the period of romance cannot appreciate the joke of your staying quite so late every time. They are painfully awake to the facts that fuel and lights a•e smnewhat expen siye, and more than that, they know that every hour their daughter sits up after her usual bedtime is just so much vitality taken front her system. Mothers do not like to see their daugh ters come down to breakfast in the morn ing with dull. heavy eves, and cheeks frota which all the roses have been kissed, and if you knew, oh delighted lover—l say if you knew the scoldings and threatnings passed round in the family of your adored. in consequence of your staying so late, you would go luane at a reasonable hour. And the girl, if she is a sensible girl. will like you ten thousand times as much, if you come early to your courting.and go home when people wish to go to lied. I say it's downright cruelty to keep a young girl from her rest, just to say to her over and over again a tuess of sweet non- MIES Aud young men have no more business to stay after everybody in the house but thegirl becomes to see are abed and asleep. than nave to go into my neighbor's house and stay there hair the night to amuse myself, or pass away the time. Beyond the useless waste of time and strength. there isdanger in allowing young girls to be left so nmeh alone with young men. 'crimps there is no country where so many eases of wrong and deception occur as in our OWII, and certainly there is no other country where this contemptible habit of sitting up nights, to court and be courted, prevails to such an extent. Put the two facts together. and L think you will sue that it is not at all strange that so many young girls are deserted by the very lovers who were once so anxious to visit them and stay late. I doiaknow what I should oif a young man came courting a daughter of mine. I haven't one big enough to he courted vet. But I suspect that I should make it (le- ClotIIC intvresting tor any young' man , . - WhO attemptedto court her la the usual wav of sitting up until the whole family laid ...tired. :unit). doing his courting afterward. Perhaps I might do as my mother used to do when Mr. Hateful came courting 'Tint was. to sit up with us. And. girls. there's an advantage you have by not being too strongly courted be fore you are mrried. and that is, your husband will have a littk courting to do afterward. So be chary of your kisses, pretty girls. lest you waste what you will sometime sigh for in vain. Though, atter all, one can't blame the girls so much. beca Ilse their beaux stay so late. You know it would not he polite for them to yawn or look sleepy, rub their eyes. or tell the fellow to go home, but 1 suspect they don't want him to hurry away any more titan he wants to go.— //attic Haiti - tit in 117 m/ Geccieg knotc,s /pout rhi //lg. ['WHOLE NUMBER, 20,850. HOME AND WOMAN. If there has been a more touching or el oquent eulogium upon the charms of home and its dearest treasure—woman—than is contained in the following extract, it has not been our good fortune to meet it: " Our homes—what is their corner-stone but the virtue of woman? and on what does social well-being rest but on our homes? Must we not trace all other blessings of civilized life to the door of our private dwellings? Are not our hearth stones guarded by holy forms of conjugal, tilial and paternal love, the cornerstone of Church and State, more necessary than both? Let our temples crumble, and our academies decay, let our public edifices, our halls of justice and our cupolas of State be levelled with the dust, but spare our homes! Let no socialist invade them with his wild plans of community. Man did not invent, and he cannot im prove or abrogate them. J. private shelter to cover up two hearts dearer to each other than all the world, high walls to exclude the profane eyes of every human being, and the place for chil dren to feel that mother is a holy and pe culiar name—this is home, and here is the birthplace of every sacred thought. Here tile church and the state must come for their origin and support. 0! apare our homes! The love we experienCed there gives us faith in an infinite goodness: the purity and disinterested tenderness of home is our foretaste and earnest of a bet ter world. In relations there established and fostered, do we find through life the chief solace and joy of existence. W112.t friends deserve a name compared with those whom a birthright gave us? One mother is worth a thousand friends: one sister truer than twenty intimate com panions. We have played on the same smile, who date back to the same scene and season of innocence and hope, in whose veins run the smile blood—do we not find that years only make sacred and important the tie that binds us? Cold -11055 may spring up, distance may sepa rate, different spheres may divide, but those who can love anything, who contin ue to love at all, must find that the friends whom God liimself gave are wholly unlike any we choose for ourselves, and that the yearning for these is the strong sparks ill Our expiring affection." A FABLE Two neighbors, whose name:: were Self Ind Will, attempted to cross a stream Wm opposite sides. upon a foot-bridge so iarrow as to allow• of but a single footman at the .satne time. They met about mid way of the stream, where each insisted that the other must turn back and give the right of the way. Each claimed to be first on the bridge, and maintained his ground as a prior occupant. Each con tended for this right as a matter of princi ple, which would allow of no concession. Each pleaded urgent and important busi ness.lfelt himself 'wally bound to maintain his rights. Self could not in cnii.,c;ence make concessions without s,ec• iriring his ht»tc. , t roa , idioas. Argument resulted in angry words, and from hard words they soon came to blows and in the struggle to maintain each his own rights,both fell together in the stream. Each with difficulty gained the shore, exhausted and shivering from a cold bath. Each consoled himself with the idea of personal suffering for righteousness' sake;'• and both became bitter enemies for life. While they were muttering revenge upon each other, two other neighbors, named Love and Kindness, met in like circumstance upon the same bridge. It was a meeting of glad surprise. They exchanged cheerful and !nippy greetings, and each insisted on yielding the right of way to his brother. Each desired to be first in the concession; and to carry out each other's prineiples. both twice crossed the bridge together. After a friendly chat. they parted company. finding in their experience a practical reason for the injunction, " Let each esteem the other better than himself." ZEE EXPLOSIVE BULLET The last and most destructive of the death-dealing projectiles, the explosive bullet designed by RertubmA, and executed by a French artisan in the firearm factory of Devisine, is described in the army and Navy Journal. Externally quite similar to the original Minnie, a cylindric-conical mass of lead, it is discovered, by an un screwing of its length about midway, to be internally a magazine of fulminate. The explosive compound—dynamite pow der. condensed powder, or whatever it may be—has an explosive force six times that of gunpowder. Experiments which have been made under• the patronage of the lthisian. Prussian and Austrian gov ernments, and last by our own War De partinent. demonstrate not only its effect iveness, lull the singular properties its inventor has given to it. Being given the distance of the target, its density, the quantity of charge in the gun and the same of the ingredient consisting the pro jectile, lie has established a most exact relation, by accurate calculation, between the force necessary to explode the project ile and its penetration before subjection to this pressure. Thus the magazine can be so constituted that the passage of the bullet through a sheet of paper would ex plode it, or so that the severe impact of iron or hard wood is needed for such a re sult. It is comforting to be assured that '• A ball %Mich would not explode in the body of a soldier or of a horse, if not at a very limited distance, would explode in the more resisting body of an ammunition lvagon IN %alle:Mile. Ohio, in the time of a great revival in the colored church in that place, as ebony expounder was de livering :L. powerful appeal on " faith," the groans and sobs of his hearers giving token of the effect upon their impressible natures. The tears stood upon his dark cheeks, his voice quivered like, the distant thunder, while lie emphasized his words by vigorous blows upon the table. In the midst of all this, the stove, agitated by his jarring blows, rolled over on the floor. Brother Lewis, the high man of thechurch, had located himself near the comforter of shins. lie stood irresolute, when the vi)iee of his minister came to him, laden with faith, " Pick up de stove brudder Lewis—pick up de stove—de Lord won't let it burn you!" Brother Lewis's mind was tilled up with miracles of faith he haul heard that evening, so he seized the hot stove, but dropped it instantly, and turning his reproachful eyes to the disci lie of faith replied, - De Debbie he wont:"
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